New Deal Project - Research Links

Use the links below to find resources on your assigned New Deal program

New Deal agencies overview
New Deal photos (of many programs)
Examples of real New Deal posters

Agricultural Adjustment Act: Farmers and the New Deal
Agricultural Adjustment Act
FDR's speech on the AAA
AAA Hog Reduction Program
New Deal rural impact

Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC projects in Maine
CCC in Maine photos
CCC in Acadia National Park
New Deal jobs programs

FDIC longer description
FDIC official site - history
FDIC history 1930's timeline
FDIC and farmers

Social Security
Social Security official site
Impact of Social Security

Fireside Chats text
Fireside Chats summarysummary
FDR's speeches (w/ audio) - scroll through to find those labeled "Fireside Chats"

Tennessee Valley Authority history (official site)
History of the TVA

Works Progress Administration info
WPA Arts Projects
WPA projects in Maine
WPA and CCC projects in Maine
WPA Writers Project
WPA post office murals in Maine
New Deal jobs programs

Fair Labor Standards Act history (official government site)
FLSA current info
FLSA info

National Recovery Administration info
NRA history
NRA long history (with photo)
NRA impact

Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
FERA and farmers

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official site (look at the "What We Do" link)
SEC and farmers

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB/Wagner Act) official site
Wagner Act (1935) text
History of the NLRA (Wagner Act)
Impact of the Wagner Act

Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) overview and impact
HOLC and "Redlining" in Hartford, CT
Article on possibility of HOLC today
HOLC: 1930's comparison to housing crisis of '07-'08

Soil Conservation Services history page